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Page 1: Enabling Africa Innovation to shape Africa’s Future

This document is offered compliments of BSP Media Group. www.bspmediagroup.com

All rights reserved.

Page 2: Enabling Africa Innovation to shape Africa’s Future

Enabling African Innovation to

Shape Africa’s Future

Innovation World-Class

Skills

Affordable

Access

Mark Rotter

Operations Director

Microsoft 4Afrika

Africa Com

Cape Town November, 2013

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Sustainable Investment

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INNOVATION

Smart applications,

for Africa,

by Africans

WORLD-CLASS SKILLS

World-class skills for

employability &

entrepreneurship

AFFORDABLE ACCESS

Devices for

consumers and

relevant web services

for SMEs

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Youth SMEs

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Connection :

How does this tie

stuff together in a

simple way ?

What do I look for ?

Outcomes : How

will this drive

outcomes

sustainably ?

10’s of millions of devices into the hands of African youth

1M African SMEs online

200k People trained for

employability

Relevance &

Impact : Answers

the “So What ?”

Execution : Ready

with “double and

triple clicks.

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Innovation

Smart

applications, for

Africa,

by Africans

Goal: Bring to market and help African startups monetize their

innovations and ideas, and allow them to make

the right connection with

investors.

DevCamps,

incubator

& hub

partnerships

~90 new African

apps per month

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What does a 4Afrika supported Startup look like?

Innovation & Relevance Innovative idea, in line with fast growing sectors: • Technology • Health • Education • Agriculture • Consumer – Youth • SME

Business Growth Potential A clear business model, with an addressable market:

• Drives new device sales in the 1st year

• Uses cloud services on the backend

• In existence for a min. of 1 year

• Annual return less than < $ 1Million

• Potential of commercialization in foreign markets, and minimal amount of active clients

Inspirational An inspiring story to other startups

• Appeals to local audience

• Inspires regionally and beyond

• Unique innovation

• Able to attract local and foreign investment

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4Afrika Top Apps 11/19/2013 7

Problem Statement:

Despite significant investments in drugs, health workers,

and infrastructure, health indicators are worsening or

stagnating. …. because of poor management of resources.

Solution :

A national health systems management solution for 5K clinics Kenya

Impact:

• Real-time transparency into $1B of government and donor drugs budget

• Save 30-60 hours of nurses time per year, per clinic => $5M

• Eliminate $18M of drugs overstock

• Minimizes commodities waste, estimated at $40M per year

• Material impact on patient care and outcomes

Microsoft Impact:

• Increases device access at clinic level, more in the ecosystem

• Drives cloud usage

• Technical support health worker jobs

• Total alignment with national objective

Development Procurement Deployment

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Enabling African Innovation to Shape Africa’s Future

Thank you!

Questions ?

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